History Around the Coast Path – Part II – Early Medieval – Saints & Monasteries, Kings & Castles
SWCPA Chair, Bob Mark, shares the second article in his series that explores the history on and around the South West Coast Path.
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Path Memories – by Mary Weston
Mary is a Hon Life Member of the Association and reflects back on her time supporting the SWCPA in its 50th year.
Coast Path Connectors project gets underway
Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the South West Coast Path Association has recently launched an exciting new Coast Path Connectors project that aims to open up coastal walking to a range of new audiences. This project will help improve equity of access along the South West Coast Path by supporting local people in making the most of our amazing trail, for their health and well-being, through a network of new volunteers.
Fifty Pictures for 50 Years
Artist Emma Scattergood is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Association by sketching 50 pictures along the South West Coast Path as she attempts to walk 630-miles over the year, and raise funds for the charity at the same time! We will be following her journey and sharing her work as part of our trailblazing celebrations. This first blog, written by Emma, explains why she was inspired to take on the project and what she hopes will be some of the outcomes from walking and sketching the South West Coast Path during 2023.
Path Memories
As part of our 50th-anniversary celebrations, we asked our members to write to us with their experiences of walking the South West Coast Path. This series shares some of the personal stories of members who have supported the charity over the years.
Inspired by the Coast – Seaweed Studio
In this instalment of our ‘Inspired by the Coast’ series, we talk to Jill Mottram, Devon-based artist who creates striking hand-pressed seaweed art from washed-up seaweed found along the Devon shorelilne.
The South West Coast Path 